Workshop Registration End Date :12 Nov 2026

Virtual Workshop

Photoelectrocatalysis for Green Hydrogen: Materials & Reactor Design

From Advanced Photoelectrode Materials to Scalable Green Hydrogen Reactor Systems

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About Workshop:

This workshop provides a structured introduction to photoelectrocatalysis for green hydrogen production, progressing from semiconductor materials and photoelectrode design to electrochemical characterization, reactor engineering, and techno-economic analysis.

Participants will explore key concepts such as bandgap engineering, heterojunctions, charge-transfer kinetics, PEC performance analysis, reactor transport phenomena, and hydrogen production economics. The workshop also includes Google Colab-based hands-on activities for material screening, electrochemical data analysis, and photoreactor simulation.

Aim: The workshop aims to build a practical and research-oriented understanding of how photoelectrocatalytic materials, electrochemical processes, and reactor design can be integrated to develop efficient and scalable green hydrogen systems.

Workshop Objectives:

  • Understand the fundamentals of photoelectrochemical water splitting and green hydrogen generation.
  • Explore semiconductor materials, band engineering, heterojunctions, and catalyst modification strategies.
  • Analyze PEC performance using LSV, IPCE, ABPE, EIS, Mott-Schottky, and related techniques.
  • Understand charge transport, recombination, and reaction kinetics in photoelectrodes.
  • Explore photoreactor design, light management, mass transport, and gas evolution challenges.
  • Introduce computational material screening and data-driven analysis using Python.
  • Evaluate scale-up potential using Techno-Economic Analysis and Levelized Cost of Hydrogen.

What you will learn?

🗓️ Day 1: Fundamentals, Materials Design & Catalyst Screening

  • Objective: Understand the fundamentals of photoelectrocatalysis and explore materials engineering strategies for efficient solar-driven water splitting.
  • Fundamentals of photoelectrocatalysis and photoelectrochemical water splitting.
  • Semiconductor photoelectrodes: light absorption, charge generation, separation, and recombination.
  • HER and OER fundamentals with Solar-to-Hydrogen (STH) efficiency concepts.
  • Band structure and bandgap engineering of BiVO₄, α-Fe₂O₃, TiO₂, and Cu₂O.
  • Heterojunction engineering: Type-II, S-scheme, and Z-scheme architectures.
  • Defect engineering, doping, co-catalysts, and surface passivation strategies.
  • Computational and DFT-assisted screening of semiconductor materials.

🛠️ Hands-on Lab (Google Colab)

  • Task: Build a Band Alignment Predictor to screen semiconductor materials and compare their band-edge positions with water redox potentials.
  • Tools Covered: Python, mp-api, pymatgen, and Google Colab.

🗓️ Day 2: Photoelectrochemical Characterization & Reaction Kinetics

  • Objective: Analyze photoelectrochemical performance, charge-transfer behavior, reaction kinetics, and stability using standard PEC characterization techniques.
  • Photocurrent-density curves and key PEC performance parameters.
  • Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV), IPCE, and ABPE measurements.
  • Bulk charge transport, surface reaction kinetics, and recombination losses.
  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and charge-transfer resistance analysis.
  • Mott-Schottky analysis for flat-band potential and carrier density.
  • IMPS for studying charge-transfer and recombination dynamics.
  • Photoelectrode stability, photocorrosion, and degradation analysis.

🛠️ Hands-on Lab (Google Colab)

  • Task: Develop an EIS & Mott-Schottky Data Fitting Engine to fit electrochemical datasets, estimate key parameters, and generate PEC performance plots.
  • Tools Covered: Python, impedance.py, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Google Colab.

🗓️ Day 3: Reactor Engineering, Scale-Up & Techno-Economic Analysis

  • Objective: Design scalable photoelectrochemical reactor systems and evaluate their engineering performance, durability, and commercial feasibility.
  • Photoelectrochemical reactor architectures: planar, panel-type, and microfluidic systems.
  • Light absorption, photon transport, and Beer-Lambert attenuation in photoreactors.
  • Mass transport, fluid flow, and electrochemical reaction coupling.
  • Hydrogen and oxygen bubble dynamics and their impact on reactor efficiency.
  • Membrane separation, gas collection, and safe H₂/O₂ management.
  • Tandem photoelectrodes and zero-bias water splitting systems.
  • Reactor durability, scalability, and long-term performance challenges.
  • Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH), and commercial viability.

🛠️ Hands-on Lab (Google Colab)

  • Task: Build a Photoreactor Light & Mass-Transport Simulator to model photon flux, concentration profiles, transport behavior, and overall reactor performance.
  • Tools Covered: Python, NumPy, SciPy, Plotly, and Google Colab.

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Fee Plan

StudentINR 2499/- OR USD 75
Ph.D. Scholar / ResearcherINR 3499/- OR USD 85
Academician / FacultyINR 4499/- OR USD 95
Industry ProfessionalINR 6499/- OR USD 115

Important Dates

Registration Ends
12 Nov 2026 Indian Standard Timing 4:30 PM
Workshop Dates
10 Nov 2026 to
12 Nov 2026  Indian Standard Timing 5:30 PM

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Intended For :

This workshop is suitable for:

  • Ph.D. Scholars and Researchers working in hydrogen energy, photocatalysis, electrochemistry, materials science, or renewable energy.
  • Academicians and Faculty Members interested in emerging green hydrogen technologies and advanced photoelectrochemical systems.
  • Industry Professionals and Engineers working in hydrogen production, energy systems, electrochemical technologies, materials development, and sustainability.
  • R&D Professionals involved in catalyst development, reactor engineering, renewable fuels, and clean-energy technologies.
  • Postgraduate Students in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, physics, energy engineering, and related disciplines seeking research-oriented exposure to photoelectrocatalysis.

Career Supporting Skills

Workshop Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the working principles of photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production.
  • Compare and evaluate semiconductor materials for water-splitting applications.
  • Interpret common photoelectrochemical characterization data.
  • Analyze charge-transfer resistance, flat-band potential, and carrier density.
  • Understand key design parameters influencing PEC reactor performance.
  • Model basic light attenuation and mass-transport behavior in photoreactors.
  • Assess efficiency, stability, scalability, and economic feasibility of green hydrogen systems.
  • Apply Python-based computational tools for material screening and PEC data analysis.

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